Susan Guilfoyle
Senior Lecturer; MAT BAP Coordinator; MAT BAP Supervisor
School of Education
Email: [email protected]
phone: (949) 824-6919
office: 2080 Education
Senior Lecturer; MAT BAP Coordinator; MAT BAP Supervisor
School of Education
Email: [email protected]
phone: (949) 824-6919
office: 2080 Education
Biography
Susan Guilfoyle earned her M.S. in Curriculum and Instruction and her teaching credential with a BCLAD emphasis in Spanish at the University of Southern California (USC). While a graduate student at USC, her area of study was in developing biliteracy for heritage Spanish speakers in urban settings. In a panel discussion, she presented her research at the California Association for Bilingual Education (CABE). She was also a Merit Scholar and a participant in the Latino Teacher Project. She received her B.A. in psychology with a minor in Spanish from California State University, Fullerton (CSUF). At CSUF, she was a research assistant for the Spanish department, assisting in the research and editing of Spanish medieval plays. Additionally, she assisted in collecting data for various ongoing research projects at the Social Science Research Center.
As a bilingual educator for an elementary school in the Los Angeles area, she taught first grade in their bilingual program. She earned Teacher of the Year honors and later became a literacy specialist at her site. As a literacy specialist, she demonstrated and supported standards-based literacy lessons for all students in K-5 classrooms. She also supported teachers with curriculum and instruction in bilingual instruction, sheltered English instruction and English only classrooms; provided and implemented a literacy intervention program for struggling readers and an enrichment program for gifted learners in fourth and fifth grades; planned, implemented and supported curriculum for the after school program; planned literacy events for the community; received and managed multiple grants to support and promote success in literacy.
As a senior lecturer, Ms. Guilfoyle has taught numerous undergraduate and graduate level courses in the School of Education. In addition, she coordinates the Bilingual Authorization Program (BAP) in the Multiple Subject Teacher Credential Program. Her BAP students have attended professional bilingual conferences (e.g., CABE), visited various dual immersion programs in the local area, received various scholarships and have attended guest-speaking engagements with experts in the field of bilingual/ dual immersion education. She additionally supervises some of the BAP student teachers at their dual immersion schools. She has also served as a preschool literacy consultant under the William F. Gooding Even Start Family Literacy Programs Title I Grant.
Professional Affiliations
Awards Received
Courses Taught
Susan Guilfoyle earned her M.S. in Curriculum and Instruction and her teaching credential with a BCLAD emphasis in Spanish at the University of Southern California (USC). While a graduate student at USC, her area of study was in developing biliteracy for heritage Spanish speakers in urban settings. In a panel discussion, she presented her research at the California Association for Bilingual Education (CABE). She was also a Merit Scholar and a participant in the Latino Teacher Project. She received her B.A. in psychology with a minor in Spanish from California State University, Fullerton (CSUF). At CSUF, she was a research assistant for the Spanish department, assisting in the research and editing of Spanish medieval plays. Additionally, she assisted in collecting data for various ongoing research projects at the Social Science Research Center.
As a bilingual educator for an elementary school in the Los Angeles area, she taught first grade in their bilingual program. She earned Teacher of the Year honors and later became a literacy specialist at her site. As a literacy specialist, she demonstrated and supported standards-based literacy lessons for all students in K-5 classrooms. She also supported teachers with curriculum and instruction in bilingual instruction, sheltered English instruction and English only classrooms; provided and implemented a literacy intervention program for struggling readers and an enrichment program for gifted learners in fourth and fifth grades; planned, implemented and supported curriculum for the after school program; planned literacy events for the community; received and managed multiple grants to support and promote success in literacy.
As a senior lecturer, Ms. Guilfoyle has taught numerous undergraduate and graduate level courses in the School of Education. In addition, she coordinates the Bilingual Authorization Program (BAP) in the Multiple Subject Teacher Credential Program. Her BAP students have attended professional bilingual conferences (e.g., CABE), visited various dual immersion programs in the local area, received various scholarships and have attended guest-speaking engagements with experts in the field of bilingual/ dual immersion education. She additionally supervises some of the BAP student teachers at their dual immersion schools. She has also served as a preschool literacy consultant under the William F. Gooding Even Start Family Literacy Programs Title I Grant.
Professional Affiliations
- International Reading Association
- Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
- California Association for Bilingual Education
- California Reading Association
- Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Language
Awards Received
- UCI Celebration of Teaching, Dean’s Honoree for School of Education, 2022
- UCI School of Education Faculty Mentorship Award for Inclusive Excellence, 2019
- UCI Latino Excellence and Achievement, School of Education Nominee, 2018
Courses Taught
- EDUC100 Strategies for Tutoring and Teacher Aiding
- EDUC101 Strategies for Tutoring and Teacher Aiding in a Bilingual Classroom
- EDUC125 Children, Schools and the Cinema
- EDUC132 Reading and Writing Enrichment for After-School Programs
- EDUC321 Curriculum and Methods for Elementary School Social Studies
- EDUC324 Teaching Language Arts in Elementary School
- EDUC324 Curriculum and Methods for Elementary School Language Arts Integrated with Social Studies
- EDUC326 Curriculum and Methods for Elementary School Reading
- EDUC329 Theories and Methods of English Language Development Applied to Elementary Students
- EDUC349 Theories and Methods of English Language Development Applied to Secondary Students
